Bodružal

Bodružal (spelled Bodružaľ; 1927–1973, Hungarian: Rózsadomb, Rusyn: Бодруджал) is a municipality (village) in Slovakia in the Svidník District in Prešov Region, within the Laborec Highlands.

The village, first mentioned in writing in 1600, is best known for housing a Baroque wooden church being a natural cultural monument in Slovakia.

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Presov, Slovakia"

World War I Trench remains in the forest near Bodruzal

Bodružal in summer

Bodruza in the Carpathians

Bodruzal in winter

Bodruzal in spring

St. Nicholas Church is a wooden Greek Catholic Church of the Eastern Rite situated in a village Bodruzal in Svidnik district in the Presov region. It is registered on the UNESCO's World Heritage List under an identification number 1273-007 since 8 July 2008.

The church is part of a unique urban entity situated on an elevated place in the village centre. Apart from the church hall, there's a separate bell tower, an adjacent cemetery and a wooden enclosure with a shingle roof and an entrance gate covered by a conical and an onion shape roof.

The church itself is a prototype church of the so-called Lemko type. It dates back to 1658 and belongs to the oldest wooden sacral buildings of the Eastern Rites in Slovakia.

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